Intro to Middle Neighborhoods

Justin Elszasz, Mayor’s Office of Innovation

Friday, February 22, 2019

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Housing Market Typology

The Housing Market Typologies

Our Middle Neighborhoods

Breaking “middle” into “lower middle” (F, G, H) and “upper middle” (D, E) and including “healthy” and "distressed:

Income levels in our middle neighborhoods are well below area’s

Middle neighborhoods have more older homeowners

hmt.tier Mean % Homeowners 65+ Median % Homeowners 65+
distressed 14.0% 12.6%
healthy 11.9% 9.87%
lower middle 17.2% 15.2%
upper middle 16.8% 15.0%

Top 311 Service Request Types by Tier

Total Service Requests per 1,000 Residents

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Total Service Requests by HMT Tier

hmt.tier total.pop sr.count sr.ratio
distressed 93406 74156 0.79
lower middle 183631 97962 0.53
healthy 158813 77773 0.49
upper middle 162333 70744 0.44
other 34184 10230 0.30

Top Service Request Type by HMT Tier

hmt.tier srtype n total.pop sr.ratio
distressed HCD-Sanitation Property 8915 93406 95.4
healthy TRS-Parking Complaint 9488 158813 59.7
lower middle SW-Bulk Scheduled 11223 183631 61.1
other ECC-Vehicle Look Up 813 34184 23.8
upper middle SW-Bulk Scheduled 11487 162333 70.8